>This was already a rule in the NDR document, why didn't anybody follow it?
>[R5] XML names constructed from dictionary entry names must not include
>periods, spaces, or other separators.
>This does mean hyphens, right?
Absolutely!!!!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chin Chee-Kai" <>
To: "UBL NDRSC" <>
Cc: "UBL LCSC" <>
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 8:58 PM
Subject: [ubl-lcsc] Removing use of "-" in element and type names
> Is it possible for NDR to rule for removing the use of hyphens
> "-" in element and type names?
>
> A bit of trial experience with transforming UBL schema element
> names and types to Java classes revealed that the existence
> of hyphens in element names and types introduces programming
> decisions to "deal with" the hyphens.
>
> As you know, hyphens are not acceptable as variable or type
> names in Java (or for that matter, C, Perl and most programming
> languages) though they are fine as XML names. During the
> transformation, developer will need to make a decision of
> how to map the hyphens into the programming language's
> name space. For e.g., map "-" to nothing (squeezing the
> hyphens out), map "-" to underscore "_", or mapping it to
> some other infrequently used string combinations.
>
> For instance, "CountrySub-Entity" may be mapped in various
> ways into:
> CountrySubEntity
> CountrySub_Entity
> CountrySub_____Entity
> ...
>
> There aren't too many names with hyphens, fortunately.
> However, these create exceptions that will require documentation.
> Such requirement will not be necessary if NDR could rule to
> not use hyphens.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Chin Chee-Kai
> SoftML
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>
>
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